When I’m downloading files from file hosting websites I often use JDownloader for a more convenient download experience. While it still does not automate the captcha entering process before downloads start, it ensures that I do not have to keep the websites open until the countdown reaches zero. And, I get to keep the downloads [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

All web browsers can be used to save files to the local system. A wide variety of file types exists from html and text files over media to archives to basically any other file type imaginable. The download location in the web browser is however configured to only remember one download path which means that [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

For the last days, the developer version of the Google Chrome web browser has had troubles downloading large files from the Internet. Downloads of files with a minimum size of 50 Megabytes, stopped abruptly at about 30 Megabytes. Retrying the download yielded the same results. The first thought was that this was related to a [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

I’m fairly confident that you have, at one time or another, run across an md5checksum file as you have perused the internet. Whether it was a download file or even an application upgrade, those md5 files are there for a reason. But just what is the reason? When someone puts a file up on a [...]

Categories: Advice, Hacking, Linux, Open Source, Security, Tutorials Basic

Everyone who uses an Internet connection is downloading files from there. It can be automatic file transfers like downloading new emails or filling the browser cache when opening new websites but also manual downloads of pictures, videos or programs. The most dangerous type of downloads are program executables as they can infect a computer system [...]

Categories: Security